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Craniopharyngioma involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa in adults: A case report

Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare benign tumor that develops from the residual epithelial cells of the craniopharynx, accounting for < 5% of intracranial tumors. It is common for CPs to grow in the sellar/parasellar region and extend suprasellar. The pathology classifies CPs into adamantinomatous...

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Autores principales: Tian, Bin, Li, Ming, Du, Xiaolin, Zhou, Hui, Zhou, Kun, Li, Shiguang
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36779068
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1098600
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author Tian, Bin
Li, Ming
Du, Xiaolin
Zhou, Hui
Zhou, Kun
Li, Shiguang
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Li, Ming
Du, Xiaolin
Zhou, Hui
Zhou, Kun
Li, Shiguang
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description Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare benign tumor that develops from the residual epithelial cells of the craniopharynx, accounting for < 5% of intracranial tumors. It is common for CPs to grow in the sellar/parasellar region and extend suprasellar. The pathology classifies CPs into adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas (ACP) and papillary craniopharyngiomas (PCP). The PCP is mainly solid and occurs only in adults. ACP is predominantly cystic and more common in childhood and adolescent. Multilocular cystic ACP involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa is rare in adults. Here, we report a case of a 46-year-old adult male patient who presented with recurrent headaches for 1 year with choking and hoarseness. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multiple cystic masses in the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa. Initial hypotheses included the following: CP, colloid cyst, enterogenous cyst, epidermoid cyst, and dermoid cyst. Subsequently, the patient underwent surgery and postoperative histopathology diagnosed ACP. Adults with ACP involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossae are uncommon. This is a rare condition that radiologists should be aware of.
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spelling pubmed-99093982023-02-10 Craniopharyngioma involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa in adults: A case report Tian, Bin Li, Ming Du, Xiaolin Zhou, Hui Zhou, Kun Li, Shiguang Front Neurol Neurology Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare benign tumor that develops from the residual epithelial cells of the craniopharynx, accounting for < 5% of intracranial tumors. It is common for CPs to grow in the sellar/parasellar region and extend suprasellar. The pathology classifies CPs into adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas (ACP) and papillary craniopharyngiomas (PCP). The PCP is mainly solid and occurs only in adults. ACP is predominantly cystic and more common in childhood and adolescent. Multilocular cystic ACP involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa is rare in adults. Here, we report a case of a 46-year-old adult male patient who presented with recurrent headaches for 1 year with choking and hoarseness. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multiple cystic masses in the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa. Initial hypotheses included the following: CP, colloid cyst, enterogenous cyst, epidermoid cyst, and dermoid cyst. Subsequently, the patient underwent surgery and postoperative histopathology diagnosed ACP. Adults with ACP involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossae are uncommon. This is a rare condition that radiologists should be aware of. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9909398/ /pubmed/36779068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1098600 Text en Copyright © 2023 Tian, Li, Du, Zhou, Zhou and Li. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neurology
Tian, Bin
Li, Ming
Du, Xiaolin
Zhou, Hui
Zhou, Kun
Li, Shiguang
Craniopharyngioma involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa in adults: A case report
title Craniopharyngioma involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa in adults: A case report
title_full Craniopharyngioma involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa in adults: A case report
title_fullStr Craniopharyngioma involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa in adults: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Craniopharyngioma involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa in adults: A case report
title_short Craniopharyngioma involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa in adults: A case report
title_sort craniopharyngioma involving the anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa in adults: a case report
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36779068
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1098600
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